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The Call 
and a Queen's 
Sending c*>&a 




TH E CALL 

AND 

A QUEEN’S 
SENDING 

Sonnet Sequence 
Written J^or 

FRANCES FEAKN 

by 

WILLIAM NORMAN 
GUTHRIE 


ALDERBRINK PRESS MCMVH 






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605163 

FEB 1 7 1941 


A Messenger To The Bund 
From Carmen Sylva 





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^FOREWORD JX 
by the Publisher e-> 

To the public interested uitheGiuse of die 
Blind who may read this “Sonnet Sequence” 

(The poems symbolize three acts in the life 
of the Queens Messenger. 

. ^n the first as a child refugee among fanat¬ 
ical jUexicanJndians she is welcomed to 
their hearth as an apparition of theVirgm. 
w 3n the second she brings to tne Castle in 
Ttoumania to be an inmate of Carmen 
£glva$ Citu of thelSlind, one of the help- 
less found bu the wau. 

^ the third she delivers the Queens 
"Message to the blind of^an^ancisco. 




Dedication to HerMajesty 
Queen Euzabeth ofRoumania 
(Carmen Sylva) 


TUTpes to the blind, to the despairing breath 
. LL, of life and hope; unto thg people ^iieen 
and fltother of innocence;l:hzabeth - 



mow faith like thine in simple worth were 

shown 

*Ropal in service, legal in command 
of self oblivious, fearing (3rod alone, 
ho kingdoms bounds % spirit nanroweth 
Wherefore the world claims fhee^Elizabcih- 









Sonne/I 

THE ADOBE HUT 

THE HOT NOON, 

ON THE LONG 
HOMELESS WASTE 
AFTER LONG STRESS 
OF UTTER HUSH— 
ACHAUNT 


ojailful and uiierd, of souls inured 
to Want, 

and griefs unpitied.So theChtld 
made haste 

and left her people; and o'er lhethresh- 
holdjaced 

a folkuiho kneel tobid illjiends avaunt 
dull eyes downcast,seared swarthy 
fingers gaunt 

suppliant; when lo, what vision fair 

and chaste? 











SonnefT 

he child in simple 
u>hife(their prayer 
ful/illea!) 
blue eyes for marvel 
wide, a sunny gleam 
kindling her golden hatr-iuhose 
hands are laid 

unwitting on their headS.IDevotion-thrilleh, 
her garment’s hem they kt'SS, and 
glad tears Stream. 

<Buf, in their midst, the child 
looked up arid prayed. 







SonnetH 

IN THE CASTLE AT 
SINAiA(ROUMANlA) 









Sonnefll 

IN THE CASTLE AT 
SINAIA(ROUMANIA) 


AND MAN SHE HID, 
FOR SORE 
THE DOUBLE CURSE 
UPON HER—OLD 

AND BLIND! 


c hastened mind 

and bereaved heart of love, her sorrow bore; 
and on the quest jbrlom from shore to shore 
sent imtling messengers, till one doth 
find 

and leadeth her—infirm, amazed, 

resigned- 
trembling across me royal velvet floor. 










SonnetH 

hewallshy armored 
figures Sentineled, 
with arras richly hung 
and portraits 
old, r 

thro Stained glass’ there stole a 
mellow light; 

when noiseless glideth, vested in pure 

white, 

her arms upraised, her head enaureoled. 
theQjieen, and to her boSom the 
outcast held. 











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Sonnetffl 

THE BLIND IN./S 
SAN FRANCISCO 






















































































































Sonnetl/I 

THE BLIND IN>£ 
SAN FRANCISCO 

WRECK STROWN QTY. 
THEREIN A LOWLY 
HALL 

WHERE GATHERWNG 
AND OLD A THRONG 
WHO GROPE 


in the thick darken thither,up the tflope 
l their wap responsive to a call 
thro traffics roar— an hun¬ 
gered all 
for words 0ne sendeth from afar, of hope 
and cheer:— "iftith nfe shall theg 

not cope 

and overcome ?,#Uist glo o m their souls 

enthrall? 










SonnetM 
notftnd tearSi 
ege, ana she 
|u?hobeareththcSuems 
message, doth 
with tears 
choke, as the Blind in the blessing 
about her dram, 

grasp hand,touch regal robe, eager 

to see 

mith th' spirited lo.her egeS athmart 
the pears 

behold the Child she mas mith 
sudden ame. 















SonnetW 

THE SENDING 
UNDERSTOOD 





Son netIV 

THE SENDING 
UNDERSTOOD 

'TEN SOME MYSTIC 
WORD WE 
IDLY READ 
THE OCCULT FIAT 
DIVINING NOT, 

THAT DWELLS 
in tihe mellifluous golden syllables. 
Trom a chance thought, from an un- 

conctouS deed 

in memory touched, there leapeth to 

our need 

a potent spirit mho our doubt compels; 
in the loilberneSS ioe drink of cool 
deep mells 

heart-solace, & arise prom Shackles (teed. 











SonnetW 
the Ionian met 
her$elf~the Child; 

and each 
in the others eves 
laughed, and to judge forbore, 
forboth nadunderstood £>he deeper 
Soul, 

in them revealed, assumed a calm 

control 

offate.Ttfhat strange light in her 
face she wore? 

^Hnd what strange music hover? 
in her speech? 



























































































































































































































































































